Search and re-search What the inquiring teacher needs to know

Provides guidance on how to read research and how to conduct research in the classroom. It aims to engender in teachers an awareness of the possibility of research to broaden their outlook of their profession.

Part 1 An inquiring/learning perspective: new lenses for old problems - what we believe is what we see, John S.Mayher; the neverending cycle of teacher growth, John S.Mayher and Rita S.Brause. Part 2 Interpreting published research on classroom practice: research objectives - generating hypotheses, testing hypotheses and critiquing educational practice, Rita S.Brause and John.S.Mayher; reading and understanding hypothesis testing research, William L.Smith; reading hypothesis generating research, Ken Kantor. Part 3 Designing and conducting classroom research: finding and framing questions, John S.Mayher and Rita S.Brause; collecting and analyzing classroom data in theory and in practice, Rita S.Brause and John S.Mayher; testing hypotheses in our classrooms, James L.Collins; generating hypotheses in our classrooms, Rita S.Brause; concluding and beginning, John S.Mayher and Rita S.Brause.

Rita S. Brause, John S. Mayher